shouldn't be a biggie. I've always had extremely good luck with the VA DMV. ONly thing to watch out for is to never ever cancel your insurance without also cancelling the license. They sticklers ab that 
shouldn't be a biggie. I've always had extremely good luck with the VA DMV. ONly thing to watch out for is to never ever cancel your insurance without also cancelling the license. They sticklers ab that
In Ohio you have to pay a $5 fee if you don't do it within 30 days. It says on the back of the title so you might check to see if VA puts something similar on the title.
a401cj wrote: shouldn't be a biggie. I've always had extremely good luck with the VA DMV. ONly thing to watch out for is to never ever cancel your insurance without also cancelling the license. They sticklers ab that
yeah, that's why the GT6 sits in the shed all winter with insurance on it, lol. Because I'm not giving up my black and white 1970 vintage plates!
sale date was yesterday then.
easier than trying to explain.
I would just go and title it. I doubt they say anything. I have found them pretty easy to deal with. As mentioned, keep the insurance in force.
I've had a lot of issues with the VA DMV, but this has never been one of them, had a couple of titles for cars sitting for months to years and never had an issue getting them titled. If all else fails get the F out of NoVA and go to a more rural DMV (king george is my fav) and you probably won't have a problem at all.
Wait, some states have property taxes on cars? How has all their tea not been thrown into harbors by now?
Osterkraut wrote: Wait, some states have property taxes on cars? How has all their tea not been thrown into harbors by now?
Property tax once a year, and sales tax when the title is put into your name.
what is it about the title for cars that makes some "car guys" absolutely forget how to function? put yesterday's date on the title and transfer it.. the state has more important things to worry about than tracking down someone for such silly things...
you have to pay a "property tax" on cars? isn't that what the yearly registration covers?
and what is this that some people in some states say about needing to give up your plates if you drop insurance? that's just stupid, but i'm sure the insurance companies will never allow that to get changed..
sometimes i think that Minnesota has the only common sense car registration rules in the whole country..
VA tells me I am supposed to turn in my plates when I get rid of a car. Guess how many times that has happened?
I even went into the DMV to try and get a long expired set re-issued to a car I just picked up. They said since they expired (per the stickers on them) they could not be re-issued. They did not take the plates from me though, I kept them to hang in the garage.
I thought that was kind of stupid, if I pay the registration you should be able to re-assign the plates......probably too much paperwork.
rotard wrote:Osterkraut wrote: Wait, some states have property taxes on cars? How has all their tea not been thrown into harbors by now?Property tax once a year, and sales tax when the title is put into your name.
How is that even legal? Do you pay registration?
In reply to Osterkraut:
Registration allows the car to be driven on the roads. The tax on the car is a property tax much like you pay on your house. In addition to cars, it also applies to boats, campers and ATVs in the county where I live.
^^^ This. Annual registration fees go to the DMV. Annual property taxes to the county you live in.
I am pretty sure ill also be taxed on the utility trailer I bought last year, since its registered and plated through the DMV, and the probably notified the county.
Osterkraut wrote:rotard wrote:How is that even legal? Do you pay registration?Osterkraut wrote: Wait, some states have property taxes on cars? How has all their tea not been thrown into harbors by now?Property tax once a year, and sales tax when the title is put into your name.
It's called Ad Velorum tax, and since your car is considered your property it's assessed a depreciating value and you're taxed on it anually. Many states have this in some form or another, and yes it's legal if it's the law, regardless of how one feels about it...
And yes you have to pay registration fee, pay for your tag, certain tags (like vanity or speciality) require a higher annual renewal fee, and also require a higher one-time manufacture fee. Welcome to the future, it's called nickle-and-dime...
novaderrik wrote: what is it about the title for cars that makes some "car guys" absolutely forget how to function? put yesterday's date on the title and transfer it.. the state has more important things to worry about than tracking down someone for such silly things... you have to pay a "property tax" on cars? isn't that what the yearly registration covers? and what is this that some people in some states say about needing to give up your plates if you drop insurance? that's just stupid, but i'm sure the insurance companies will never allow that to get changed.. sometimes i think that Minnesota has the only common sense car registration rules in the whole country..
Yeah, we have personal property tax on cars. But people here wouldn't be much bothered by them....most of the stuff all of us drive would be like $20 per year, lol. My WRX and wife's 4Runner are about $400 per year. Each.
There's a cutoff though....Luxury cars pay a much higher rate, while "normal" cars get like a 60% discount or something.
But we have lower income tax and gas tax rates than alot of states do. So it all kind of evens out.....people who have more money (and more expensive cars) pay more. IDK, nobody likes paying taxes but I consider Virginia to be a pretty good state tax-wise, especially considering the billions and billions they have to spend on the highway/infrastructure projects here in the DC area (which I use to my advantage every day).
Also I'll note that I pay property taxes to Fairfax county. And they pay for the fact that we have some of the best schools in the country, best police in the country (VERY low crime rate for a metropolitan suburb of 1 million people), good fire/EMT, good parks and rec facilities, generally very good roads and infrastructure, etc. I feel like I get what I pay for here, and the prop tax pays for that stuff.
Then again, I'm a Republican that has no real issues with current taxes. My federal income taxes come back to me (since I'm a DoD employee). My state taxes pay for the top-tier schools (and aren't that high anyhow). My county taxes pay for alot of other things I like.......
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